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> State and other propaganda actors didn’t take it as a serious platform

Security was awful for both the client and server. Who needs a warrant when all the user data is an SQL injection away? Broswers not fussy about https, Java Applets, flash, browser toolbars, XSS - the Internet must have been like an open book for anyone with access to backbone traffic.




I remember when IE actually warned you when you went to HTTPS!




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